Seattle Met: Seattle’s Next Big Labor Battle Will Be Over Flexible Scheduling

Seattle Met, 4/22/2016

A lot of service workers...are feeling the pinch right now, and scheduling rights are Seattle’s next big labor battle. More than 70 percent of workers between ages 26 and 32 report fluctuating hours—with 50 percent of that same group reporting a weekly change of more than eight hours compared to their supposed schedule. And over 40 percent of hourly workers know their schedules just a week in advance.